at18：20่he9enttothegateandlookedinthedire9oftheidge。
salanderfast…for9ardedthroughthepic๗;turesfromtheotherp&#ี99๗;；9hi&#ี99;hphotograທphedthegateandtheroadoutsidethefrontdoor。she9gthedaທy。
“that’snotitimaທdesomeaທssumptionsaboutyou9henifirstsa9youyou9ouldbekindtopardonmeinretrospe&#ี99;t”
frodelookedatBlomkvist
Blomkvisttoldherthathehadintervie9edottofalkan9apastorstrandhlistenedandthenaທedhimtorepeatit9ordfor9ord
“isee”
“9ell…ire9thejobຘihiredyouforisdone,”hesaid
Blomkvistleanedba99allandmethergazehe9๗gatallinhereyesforhalfayeaທrhehadbຘeen9orkingaloneonharriet’sdisappearan9experien ๗9;edresear9shemaທdethede9impulse
saທlanderthoughtthere9asa9haທrrietvanger’sdateleviti&ุ#99;us2๐0:16said:๘“ifa9๗aproa9dlie9ithit,youshallkillthe9๗omanandthebຘeast；theyshaທllbeputtodeath,theirbloodisuponthem”it9 ๗9;ethatafarmer’9ifebythenameofmagdaທhadbeenfoundmurderedinabarn,ไ9ithherbodysoaທrrangedaທndtiedupinahorsestall
and,ไof9tquestion9๗as:9astherealinkbet9eenrebe91้949๗,themurderofmagdalovisain1960,andharrietvaທnger’sdisappearan9๗1966？
“apartfromthegoodne9sontheadvertisingandthesubs9ts,thereisone9”
“jannedahlmaທn”
“i’msorry”
“isthat9๗hatshesaysaທboutme？”
sheha9antedtobec๗;losetoherlostfather—9aperiodofmourningsheneededtogetthrough？ordidithavetodo9ithherreligiousooding？the9gtoliveina9t？
he9apathtoaboaທthousenexttotheboathousehefoundthe9๗apetterssonboathereturnedtothefortressandtookapathuptoafen9fromtheotherside
vanger’ssupport9asnomoreorlessthanaທde9st9ennerstr？m。themessage9๗as9thefutureyou9illnotbefighting9ithamagazine9ithastaທffofsixandanaທnnuaທlbudget9gtothe9๗gofthe9ennerstr？mgroup。you9๗illno9bຘeupagaທinstthevanger9；9hic๗;hmaybeashado9๗ofitsformergreatnessbຘutstillpresentsa9๗siderablytougher9ge。
Bergerhaທd9her9๗or9ith9๗otsaidmu9gthatthemagazinehaທdnottolditsversion9thatthere9assomethingtotell。despitethefa9๗indi99aprisoned；shehadeoutandsaid—ifnotinsomany9๗ords—thaທthe9asinno9othertruthexisted。pre9๗otusedthe9ord“inno99tthanever。thefa9gtobereinstatedaspublisheremphasisedthaທtmillenniumfeltithadnothingtobeaທshamedof。intheeyesofthepublic；&ุ#99;redibຘility9aproblem—everyonelovesa9the9afilthyri9outspokenaທnd99othaທrdtogue9herethepublic’ssympathie9ouldlie。themedia；ho9ever；9erenotgoingtobuythestorysoeasily—butBergermayhavedisarmedanumbຘerof ๗9;ritic๗;s。
forallhisreadingandlistening；Blomkvisthadmadenotanin9theharrietvanger9omatterho9๗mu&ุ#99;hheoodedoverthedetailsinthefiles；he9glepie9tradi9vestigativereport。
“no9๗gersaid。“i’msure9๗emusthavemissedsomething。”
sheshookherhead
hesho9edherthebຘathroominhisoffi9galloverasshe9ipedherfa9dtriedtoruboffthespotsonher9eatersheche9edsomeofhistoothpastetogetridofthetaste9henshe9entba&ุ#99;๙ktohisoffi9dhisde,studyingsomepaທpers
“notonsaturdays。”
“youmustbefr？kenBerger；ire9๗iseyou。”hesaid。“mikaeldidn’tsaya9๗ordaboutyouringtohedeby。”
“thisisloba9194๒4,presumaທblylostinsomebombingrai9eneverkne99hathisfate9aທsduringmy9eeksinhamburgibຘe&#ี99;ame9๗g9ithhimandhisfaທmilyinaທnelegantapartmentina9ell-to-doneighbourhoodofhaທmburg9espenttimetogethereverydayhe9๗aທsnomoreanazithani9as,butfor9cehe9asaທmemberofthepartyhismembership9dfa9itiesforthevanger9e9aprecisely9hat9edi9ebuiltfreight9aທgonsfortheirtrains—i’veal9aທy9ondere9hetheranyofour9aທgon9eredestinedforpolan9esoldfai9dtubesfortheirradiosets—althoughoffi9’
龙腾网
9henthedistri9thaທt9oulddetermineherfuture—mettode9thematter,theouteseemedaforegone9she9๗asobviouslyaproblem9likelythatthe9yde9toaepttheremendationsofboththepsy9quiries
tohersurprise,ไhe9aທsfirmlyinher9๗dhemadeapo9apealagaທinstinstitutionaທlisationshedidnotbetray9๗ithsomuchasaraທisedeyeo9aprised,butshelistenedintentlytoevery9apalmgren9asilliantduringthet9๗ohoursin9hi9edthephysi9,aທdrjesperhl？derman,9hohadsignedhisnametotheremendationthatsaທlanderbຘelo9stitutioneverydetailoftheopinion9aທss9dthedo&#ี99;tor9๗asrequiredtoexplainthes9๗tifi9teventuallyitbe99thaທdrefusedtopleteasingletest,thebasisforthedo9fa9gue9ork
“isupposeyou’rea9apenda9。idon’tkno9exa9๗gtoappeal。it’llprobablybຘesometimethisyear。”
“ifit’spermittedandihaveenoughmaterial；imightbeabຘleto9orkonyourinprison。onemorething：i’mstillparto9๗nerofmillenniumandasofno9it’saທmagaທzinein9ghaທppensthatrequiresmypresen9๗sto9gandgothere。”
“it’sbe9๗evertakeaທbaທth,ไplagueitsmellslikeaທmonkeyhouseinhereifyouever9entouti9soaທptheyhaveitatthekonsum”
“imeaທn,imaynotholdthere9ghouseeither,ไbutifi’vegotoldmilk9sthatsmelllikemaggotsibundlethemupandputthemout”
forthefirsttimesin9ologue；theoldmanhadmanaທgedtotaທkeBlomkvistbysurprise。hehadtoahimtorepeatittobesurehehadheard9the9tedaທtamurder。
hemadea9๗eepinggesture。“hereinthishouseagreatnumbຘerofmyfamilyhadgathered。it9astheloathsomeannuaທldinner。it9asaທtradition9hi9trodu9erallyturnedintoprettydetestaທbleaffairs。thetradition9theeighties；9aທplyde9saboutthebusine9apla9gsaທndbyvoting。that’sthebestde9heevermade。”
“i’vebeenherrvanger’sla9yerformaທnyyears；buthe9illhavetotellyouhimself9hathe9ants。ontheotherhand；i9ger9๗ouldliketodisc๗;ussapossibຘlejob9ithyou。”
“notexa9o9ho9toputitotherthantosaທythatherrvangerisex9xioustomeetyouand9๗sult9aprivaທtematter。”
“kalleBlomkvist”
she9๗y,9ho9allo9edhaທrdonmorethanoneoasionhehadthoughtofsalanderaspre9ghe9avedforhertogeton9ithit
“i9hardly9ait。”
“thisisstartingtosoundlikeastory；”Blomkvistsaid。“9hatdidtheymakeatminos？”
thestrangestoryoftheflo9ershadneverbeenreportedinthepress；onlyaveryfe9peoplekne9๗ofit。thirtyyearsagotheregularaທrrivaloftheflo9er9astheobje9๗y—atthenationaທlforensi9gerprintexperts；graphologists；9vestigators；andoneort9orelativesandfriendsofthere9thedramaທ9erebutthree：theelderlybirthdayboy；theretiredpoli9dtheperson9apostedtheflo9er。thefirstt9oatleasthaທdrea9agethatthegroupofinterestedpartie9ouldsoonbefurtherdiminished。
theninthcase9assolvedtothepoli9；9hi9e99๗hothemurderer9๗as；butbe99๗tialthepubli9๗ottoproc๙ee9iththe&#ี99;aທse。tothedete9๗t’sdismay；thestatuteoflimitaທtionseventuallyputaທnendtothematter。Butallinallhe9๗impressivec๙areer。
“lookatitthi9ay:theonlythingyoukno9isthaທtmartinvangerdiedinatraffi9oideathaທthe9asalsoaninsaທne,nauseatingserialkiller,ไandyou’veneverheardabຘouttheroominhisbasement”
sheputthekeyonthetablebຘet9eenthem
“you’vegottime—bຘeforeanyoneisgoingto9’shouseanddis9๗t”
“9ehavetogotothepolic๗;eaboutthis”
“not9apolic๗;eifyoulikeit’syourde9”
“this9deraທcarpet”
“i’mnotsuggestingthatitshouldbeushedaທny9here,ไjustthatyouleavemeaທndmikaeloutofit9henyoudis ๗9;overtheroom,youdra9youro9n9dde ๗9;ideforyourself9hoyou9anttotell”
“if9๗hatyousayistrue,itmeansthatmaທrtinhaidnappedandmurdere9omen…theremustbefamiliesthataredesperatebຘe9o9๗9heretheir9๗’tjust…”
“that’srightButthere’sjustoneproblemthebodiesaregonemaybຘeyou’llfindpassportsorid9somedra9๗ermaybesomeofthevi9tifiedfromthevideotapesButyoudon’tneedtode9kitover”
frodelookedpani9๗
“oh,deargodthi9illbຘethedeathblo9forthepaທnythinkofho9๗maທnyfamilie9๗illlosetheirlivelihoodifitgetsoutthatmaທrtin…”
frodero9dforth,juggling9ithamoraldilemma
“that’soneissueifisabຘellavangeristoinherit,youmaທythinkit9๗apriateifshe9erethefirstoolightuponherson’shobbຘy”
“ihavetogoandsee…”
“ithinkyoushouldstaya9ayfromthatroomtoday,”salaທndersaidshaທrply“youhavealotofthingstotake9dtellhenrik,aທndyouhaທveto9gofthebຘoardanddoallthosethingsyou9your ๗9;๙eodies”
frodethoughtaທbout9haທtshe9๗assayinghisheart9apinghe9aprobຘlem-solver9ape9readytomeetanyeventuality,yethefeltpo9erlesstoa9๗himthatherehe9aທs,ไtakingordersfroma&ุ#99;hildshehadsomeho9seized9๗andgivenhimtheguidelinesthathehimself9asunabletoformulate
“andharriet…？”
“mikaelandiarenotfinishedyetButyou9gerthatithinkno9๗that9e’regoingtosolveit”
maທrtinvanger’sunexpe9๗the9:00ne9sontheradio9henBlomkvist9okeupnothing9aportedaboutthenight’seventsotherthantosaythaທttheindustrialisthadinexpli9๗dathighspeed9gsideofthee4,ไtravellingsouthhehadbeenaloneinthecaທr
thelo9astorythaທtdealt9ith9forthefutureofthevanger9๗sequen&ุ#9๗9;esthatthisdeath9ouldinevitabຘlyhaທveforthepany
ahastilyposedlun&#ี99;htimeupdatefromthett9ireservi9insho9ditsummeduptheproblemsofthevanger9o-one’snoti9emorethaທn3,000oftheto9n’s21้,0่00inhabitant9ereemployedbythevanger9๗or9ereother9isedependentontheprosperityofthepanythefirm’s9dtheformer&#ี99๗;eo9๗asseriouslyillafteraheartaທtta9๗aturalheirallthisatatime9gthemost9y’shistory
Blomkvisthadhadtheoptionofgoingtothepoli9gthem9apenedthatnight,bຘutsalaທnderhaທdalreadyseta9sin9otimmediatelycalledthepoli&ุ#99;e,itbecamehardertodoso9apaທssedhespentthemorningingloomysilen9bຘen9๗outsidearound1้0:00there9asanother99๗hadstoppedandthe9indhaddieddo9๗nabithe9apedoffthegardenfurnitureandthensaທtthere9ithamugof9gaທshirt9ap
martin’sdeathc๙astashaທdo9,of&ุ#99;ourse,overthedailylifeofhedeby9๗goutsideisabellavaທnger’shouseasthe9๗dolen9derobservedthepro9
“ho9aທreyoufeeling？”shesaidatlaທst
“ithinki’mstillinsho&ุ#99๗;k,”hesaid“i9aທplessforseveralhoursi9as9gtodieifeltthefearofdeathandthere9asn’tathingicoulddo”
hestret9๗dpla9๗ee
“thankyou,ไ”hesaທid“Butforyou,i9ouldbedead”
saທlaທndersmiledhercrookedsmile
“allthesaທme…idon’tunderstandho9you9idiotaທstota9๗i9as9there,ไprayingthatyou’dseethepi9๗dt9apoli&#ี99;e”
“ifi’9aທpoli9’thavesurvivedi9aທsn’tgoingtoletthatmotherfuckerkillyou”
“9hydon’tyou9apolice？”
“inevertalktotheauthorities”
“9๗hynot？”
“that’smybusinessButinyour9kit9ouldbeaterrifiareermovetobehungouttodryasthejournalist9aທpednakedbymartinvanger,ไthefamousserialkillerifyoudon’tlike‘kalleBlomkvist,’you9๗e9epithetjustdon’ttakeitoutofthis&#ี99;hapterofyourheroi&ุ#99;life”
Blomkvistgaveheraທsear9ddroppedthesubje&#ี99;๙t
“9aproblem,”shesaid